Dining at the new Brahma Steakhouse & Lounge recently, we encountered two vastly different types of experiences, with one exemplifying the difficulties facing a new restaurant, and the other demonstrating its potential to be successful. Brahma, which opened in March on Washtenaw, replaces The Smokehouse Grill and Pub, which specialized ...
Does San Fu have the best Chinese food in Ann Arbor? Will Stewart makes his case in this restaurant review.
Banfield's Westside Grill, today's Frugal Floozie Friday feature, offers a wide range of comfort foods, from pizza and burgers to salads and sandwiches. Many of these can be split, to stay within our mandatory budget of $5 or less per person. But here's my recommendation for you: Order the nachos. For ...
At a recent "ladies night out," I mentioned that I was reviewing Amadeus Restaurant on East Washington Street in Ann Arbor, which I had always thought was one of the most romantic places in town. You open the door and feel like you've stepped into the eastern Europe of an ...
The wait for a table on a recent Friday night at Blue Tractor BBQ and Brewery — a place that now seats 211 — was an astounding two hours, and there wasn't even a home football game. Was the aroma of barbeque emanating from the front of the restaurant the ...
We decided to venture to Chelsea on a gray Saturday afternoon and were immediately charmed by the employees of Ellie's Chocolate Cafe, who greeted us warmly. Mike Radant is one of the owners who launched Ellie's in November 2010. This past January, he purchased the Gourmet Chocolate Cafe next door ...
I had been looking at the Pilar's Tamales website to figure out which of their Salvadoran tamales and pupusas to have for dinner when I noticed the advice that customers should call ahead to order and plan on take-out. The handmade tamales and pupusas that make up most of the ...
There's so much to like about the Wurst Bar, the watering hole and artisan sausage eatery that recently opened in the space long occupied by Theo-Door's on Cross Street in Ypsilanti.
Entering Ayse's Turkish Cafe, just off Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor, is a moment of cognitive dissonance. Your eyes are telling you that you're at the back of a low-slung strip mall, but your nose is telling you that you're in the Cappadocian home of someone cooking onions, exotic spices ...
Looking at CNN's list of their readerss choices of the world's 50 most delicious foods for 2011, I noted the popularity of several Korean foods: Bibimbap was listed at number 40, bulgogi was number 23, and kimchi, the spicy fermented pickle sometimes called Korea's favorite food, was number 12. Internationally. ...
When I first reviewed Melange five and a half years ago, just after it opened, the food didn't quite measure up to the dazzling ambience. But recently, several foodie friends raved to me about the restaurant. I was eager for the chance to return and sample the offerings of the ...
Walking into babo, the latest venture by Sava Lelcaj, offers the culinary enthusiast a feast for the eyes — with the feel of an urban market. Think New York city's Dean & Deluca, minus the exorbitant prices. A rugged, stark concrete floor provides the foundation, and floor-to-ceiling windows bring in ...
A pub aimed at becoming a hangout for locals in the neighborhood is the latest business to make an attempt to thrive in a geographically challenged space. Village Pub, which opened Dec. 11, succeeds the short-lived Asian Fuzion, which once occupied the space next to the Honey Baked Ham store ...
You just walked in from work on a hectic weeknight and are staring at an empty refrigerator while your kids scream, "What's for dinner? I'm starving!" To their astonishment, you respond that you'll be serving coq au vin, a roasted vegetable salad, grilled polenta and brownies for dessert — and ...
The Arellano family had been looking for a place to locate their second restaurant for six months when they heard of a possible space in Saline. They were impressed with positive reports about the community. But an even bigger appeal was that, while Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have their share ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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